“I fell off a stepladder and broke my right foot and fractured my left wrist. Can you come out and help us?” my mom requested. I am fortunate to have a job that can be done remotely and a boss who allows it on occasion so I flew out the […]
“Reclaimed water. Do not drink!” I’ve seen this warning in multiple municipal areas and when I do, I hesitate to even get close enough to get sprayed by the flow. We’ve had electronics that have needed to be repaired during their warranty period and each time have discovered that once […]
My sisters and I didn’t particularly care for Andrea. She was boastful and annoying. There were not, however, many girls our age in the neighborhood and for some reason, she liked to hang out with us. She and I were both in second grade at the time, if my memory […]
Suddenly, I wasn’t sure where we were. Up until a few minutes ago, I had a really good sense that I was tracking where we were on our journey, but now. Not so much. My husband had a surprise destination for me and, to keep me in suspense, he decided […]
Though I was born on the West Coast of Florida, I was only a baby when my family moved to the West Coast of the United States. I was in my late twenties when I first returned. My husband and I both had business in Florida, and while we were […]
Weeds are shooting up in the pot on the deck. The crazy thing is that I don’t really recall seeing them when they were little. But now there is one that is quite tall. Our lives can be just like that planter. If we aren’t careful and watching for the […]
by Robin Caroll Published by Gilead Publishing Genres: Christian Fiction, Mystery As I reached my hand forward to insert my key and open the garage door, I suppressed a scream! Right above the keyhole, dangling over the wood that framed the garage door was a huge Colombian Red-Tailed Boa! I […]
Squeezing the lemons, I carefully measured out the juice. Though I had made lemon meringue pie many times before, I was a little nervous. This was my first time cooking for my boyfriend and I really wanted to impress him. Looking in the measuring cup, I realized I had let […]
He was no more than five years old. It was a commercial for the homeless mission in Los Angeles. As the ad aired, showing the men and women who had been touched by the ministry, my nephew’s heart was touched. The age-old question “why do bad things happen in this […]
“Did you see that? She just reached up and plucked the ball out of the air!” I smiled at the awe in the voice of the stunned boy in my Junior High P.E. class. It was an impressive catch if I do say so myself. But I had learned from […]